Women in Higher Education: Recent Changes in the United States

Mariam K. Chamberlain
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Mariam K. Chamberlain: National Council for Research On Women

Chapter 14 in Women’s Work in the World Economy, 1992, pp 240-249 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract During the last 15 years significant, and in some cases dramatic, changes have taken place in the status of women in higher education in the United States. Under the pressure of the women’s movement the issue of equal opportunity was brought under growing scrutiny by academic women and civil rights groups during the 1970s. Widespread practices of sex discrimination, both overt and subtle, moved on to the research agenda of scholars and became subjects for legal redress.

Keywords: High Education; Family Policy; Russell Sage Foundation; Professional Field; Degree Attainment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1992
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-13188-4_14

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